CVE-2017-9526

libgcrypt: Possible timing attack on EdDSA session key

Published Jun 11, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.9 Medium EPSS 2.3% KEV · Not listed
Description
In Libgcrypt before 1.7.7, an attacker who learns the EdDSA session key (from side-channel observation during the signing process) can easily recover the long-term secret key. 1.7.7 makes a cipher/ecc-eddsa.c change to store this session key in secure memory, to ensure that constant-time point operations are used in the MPI library.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3880-1 libgcrypt20 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-18457 In Libgcrypt before 1.7.7, an attacker who learns the EdDSA session key (from side-channel observation during the signing process) can easily recover the long-term secret key. 1.7.7 makes a cipher/ecc-eddsa.c change to store this session key in secure memory, to ensure that constant-time point operations are used in the MPI library.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3347-1 Libgcrypt vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 5, 2024, 5:11 PM
Reserved
Jun 10, 2017, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 11, 2017, 2:29 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:28 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jun 1, 2017, 12:00 AM